6 THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL .

JANUARY 1891

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This winter that I speak of, the bay near my But above all

to
OUR GRANDMOTHER . HINTS FOR PARLOR ELOCUTION . thine own self be true

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house froze solid from shore to shore . The Be natural The great fault of most elo-

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BY ANNE REESE ALDRICH , tide , however , broke the ice on the beach , and cutionists both amateur and professional
BY

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EDNA WARWICK .

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sent great cracks through it hundreds of yards tendency to overdo whatever they under-

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long . The surface of the ice was too rough take to render public
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in

It
EE her , in the setting sun , would almost

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SEEFolded HAT parlor though elocutionists were

as
for skating , but answered well enough for

as
elocution seem class

a
hands her labor done-

of ,
' Tis life's peaceful eventide .
walking ; and I took my daily promenades is not more widely consciously striving by exaggerations
over unknown depths of salt water . One day practised among girls

to
voice and manner make people forget the
Heart of gold, and words of cheer ; I saw a black object resting on the ice at a dis- as a charming accom- absence of costume and scenery To be per-
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All who know her linger near,

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it proved to be an plishment, is chiefly fectly natural get yourself into the habit

of
tance ; upon investigation
Gaining comfort at her side.
he had received a wound -
eagle, who had alighted on the ice probably
and had frozen fast
due to an excess of
modesty . Success in
trying every point by the test of common
sense Ask yourself continually Would

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You , who dread advancing years , there . He was dead ; but his outstretched this , as in other ac- that seem to me strained or unnatural if some
Look at her , and lose your fears . wings and the feathers that had fallen from
, complishments , is one else did under ordinary circum-

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them , showed how he had struggled for him- made up of a good and unless you can honestly say

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Learn how sweet old age may be . stances

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I tried to pull him out of the icy mold deal more hard work , that would not you had better avoid

it
self.

it
children round her play ,

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Children's
into which he had melted ; but it was not to and very much less

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may seem though you were

as
Sometimes

it
Like the rosy blooms of May
be done , without pulling him to pieces . So I talent than most girls suppose . Almost any giving up fine effect but you can depend

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Clustering on some hoary tree. upon your
went home and got a hatchet ; but in the girl of good carriage and pleasant voice can that audience will generally

it
meanwhile somebody had anticipated me , and become a successful elocutionist for small commend the omission And this applies not
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She is doing , while she may , got back he had been hatched out . 0 only
audiences ; the main essentials are persever- gestures but also

of
when the

to

to
inflections

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God's own work in God's own way- The winters are seldom so severe as this . ance , a capacity for patient study , and common voice emphasis etc. There is certain

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By her patient trust and love . There is generally a few weeks good sleighing ; I
sense, which have often called the chief fac- strained unnatural half choked tone of

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Every night we humbly pray but seaside snows are not often deep or lasting . tor . Intelligent practice can work wonders . voice which seems to have fatal attraction

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Lengthen still her life's long day ; In January it gets milder again , and there are Your friend , who plays Chopin and Liszt so for girl elocutionists you have probably

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Spare her to us , from above ." long calms , accompanied by fogs . Then I brilliantly , probably for months drummed and condemned dozens of times

it
noticed

it

toin .
like to put out in my rowing skiff , and plunge away at five - finger exercises until every joint No girl who really thinks before speaking
WINTER BY THE SEASHORE . into the white and silent obscurity . A few ached . The art you wish to learn is a simpler public ever uses the girl who wishes

it;
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strokes send me out of sight of land , and the one , but you must begin almost as low down .

be
speak easily and well will not afraid open

to
game is to try to reach the island two or three Commence by reading aloud . To do this both mouth and throat allowing the voice

a to
BY JULIAN
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HAWTHORNE .
miles opposite . steer by the wake the boat well is in itself worth a good deal of effort , come clear and full from the chest It isn't

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leaves on the glassy surface of the water ; as and you need never be without an audience , bad plan to fix upon some one person in the
|N England , at the sea- I
long as that is straight , must be on my right Read the paper to father , in that half - hour just back of the room and make up your mind
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shore , there is a regular course . have never succeeded , however , in before tea , when he has come home " all tired that that person shall hear every word and
winter season . Why reaching the opposite shore ; though once , out." Read to mother while she sews ; she appreciate every point
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have we none ? To be when thought had done so , the coast that will be glad to hear anything good , and you The code of common sense elocution has

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sure , there is a summer took to be that of the island turned out to be will perhaps find in her what every young just one final don't When you have once de-
season in London- the self -same strip of beach from which I had

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needs a just but kindly critic . cided that you are capable

of
elocutionist speaking accep-
and it is the only set forth . There is a pleasure in getting out in And while you read , think . Be sure you are tably before small parlor audiences never

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tolerable season , so far one of these calm fogs . Everything is a white bringing out the author's thoughts correctly . recite when invited unless you have

to
refuse

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as weather goes, in the blankness , above , below , around . The only If not quite satisfied with the way you have some very special reason for refusal and

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year while we are al- sounds audible are the dips of the oars , and read a passage, put a mark on the margin , and

of
don't acquire the unenviable reputation
ways out of town , or the honk - honk of the wild ducks , floating when you reach the end go back and try it be urged Always have several

to
one who has

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we pretend we are , in the warm months . invisible in your neighborhood . Ever and again till you are sure of it . In reading , the things readiness comply once with the

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if at
But I notice , occasionally , articles in praise

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anon a current of air passes through the fog, voice should be pitched moderately low , but request of your hostess and you do your

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of New York as a summer resort ; and it and discloses long tracts of level sea ; then the every word must be enunciated distinctly . your pretty grow con

to
is
best best sure
It

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seems proper to say that the seashore in winter whiteness closes in once more . Unless you are on your feet while reading tinually better

sit
seems

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is by no means so objectionable as we suppose . strange to be alive and warm and working in your chair and keep the back

in
well back

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The summer hotels generally close on the the midst of this silent blankness . You are which will enable you

to
straight breathe

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1st of October , or on the 15th at latest . By like a planet voyaging in the abyss of space .

and
and
Mineral Spring Your Pocket

in
slowly

In
reading

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that time there has been a storm or two , and It is all very different from the parties , the singing deeply important take elocution
breath in

to
as

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in

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it
is
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the air and the water have become colder . balls , the opera , and the ceaseless roar of the such places and such quantities that the Not every one can visit the Spa's of Europe

in

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Lawn tennis in white flannels is no longer at- city streets . But it is a great thing for the voice will remain full and round until the the most famous of all which Carlsbad and

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tractive , and the idea of bathing makes one nerves and mind ; and it might prove worth which has been known for centuries for its
No gasps must occur the

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sense complete
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healing properties but every one can have the

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shiver . Dreary rains drift gloomily in from while to many , in the intervals of their winter middle of sentence and there should be no

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a
Spa in

hi
pocket or on his sideboard in the

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hurrying toward the end because the breath

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the north and east, and last three days at a affairs , to make trial of it sometime .

is
shape of the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt which

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time . We begin to think of city streets and nearly out As to
where one should take evaporated from the Sprudel Water at Calsbad
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promenades , the shops , theatres , balls and snug breaths while reading there no rule but the

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city houses . We buy our tickets and board A SILENT AGENT OF CHARITY . infallible rule of common sense your hearers

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the train , and for nine months the boom of should never know just when you do

it
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the surf sounds in our ears no more . THE MISSION OF THE CHARITABLE " DORCASBAG." for public reading

or
Choose speaking
No sooner are we well out of the way than pieces suited your voice and ability Many
to

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nature recovers from her gusty ill - humor , and BY MARTHA NEWTON. young elocutionist has come grief and
to
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has a beautiful time all to herself . The woods failure merely on account of mistaken am-
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assume gorgeous raiment the richest crimson LTHOUGH not an original bition may be your power keep an
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and the deepest gold , and all hues between . idea , nowhere yet have audience rippling with laughter when you
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sky any would be

as

The becomes turquoise -blue , with creamy , seen description given dismal failure portrayer of
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melting clouds round the horizon ; the sea in THE LADIES ' HOME JOUR- deep passion and high tragedy
It

far bet-
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presents a darker copy of the sky, but the NAL of the " Dorcas Bag ." I
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ter do simple things well than to sow dis-

water is more transparent than in summer , trust to our charitable read- appointment for yourself by attempting_se-
and there is a music in the waves not heard at ers to lend me their ears which you cannot do justice One
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lections
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other times . Great flocks of blackbirds and one moment in behalf of How they
in

church entertainment three has

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other fowls go streaming southwards , looking charity .

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All mothers will Aix

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brought the good news from Ghent

if they would never stop short of the agree with the writer in knowing that the one or Curfew shall not ring night but what
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equator ; but an hour later they come stream- time in our lives we crave comfort and freedom the average audience never tires of are the
ing back again , settle down on the painted from care and want is when we lie on our things which are not above the level of every- (
All Nations in line at the Sprudel
bed of motherhood , exulting in the little life

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trees , and fall into noisy conversation . The day experience

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The Carlsbad Sprudel Salt owder form
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crows , too , become exceedingly talkative , es- just given . We feel that an utter privation of When you have found something you think an excellent Aperient Laxative and Diuretic It

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(p
these comforts and necessities would put an parlor gathering read

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clears the complexion and purifies the Blood. It is

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pecially at morning and evening . There are suitable for aloud
it
a

it ,

no longer any seeds for them to dig up in the end to us ; therefore let us think of our less so as to be sure that sounds as well as
in it

easily soluble pleasant to take and permanent

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gardens , but they hop about among the big fortunate sisters , who in these trying hours reads for thought in action The genuine product of the Carlsbad
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selection which the

is
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orange -colored pumpkins , and perch on the Springs has the signature Eisner Mendleson
are obliged to be on a squalid bed minus the excellent may have

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very little opportu-
in

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it

Co. sole agents Barclay street New York

bare necessities of life, with hardly a change nity for action
to

naked sticks that were to serve as framework Then commit memory

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on every bottle
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for scarecrows . As for the swallows , after of clothes for the little stranger whose wel- into several main heads
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Divide Get those

it

Dr. Toboldt's lectures mailed free upon ap-

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sitting for some weeks in long rows on fence- come , no doubt , was just as warm as ours . your
in
in

heads fixed mind their proper order plication

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and remember just what comes under each

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rails and telegraph wires , they are gone ; but What a world of discomfort and suffering
yellow butterflies are still to be found flutter- could we not relieve if each home possessed a you do this systematically you will very hutC
if

ing about the faded plumes of the golden -rod . " Dorcas Bag ," to be lent to the poor , destitute seldom find yourself
to
as

what
at

loss
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Toward the end of October a warm spell of women we hear and know of. comes next Master the ideas thoroughly
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The " Dorcas Bag " is on the loan order , and

as

weather begins , and lasts two or three weeks . and fit the language though
to

them were
it

The atmosphere is pure and rich ; some of the for that reason is all the more appreciated , and your own Try imagine that you are mak-
to
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splendor of the woodland seems to have been better taken care of. ing up you go along and you will gen-
as
it

distilled into it . The sunsets and sunrises are The bag itself is constructed of blue or erally escape anything like staginess
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of unsurpassed magnificence , and since the brown gingham , a yard long and wide in pro- Nowhere do elocutionists need the doctrine
latter occur at a much more reasonable hour portion . A stout tape closes it at the top , and of common sense so much as in the matter of
than formerly, they may be witnessed without a pocket of the same material is sewed on the gestures Remember that gestures are in-
If outside , in which is put a list of its contents
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curtailing one's sleep . you are not con- tended to help your voice expressing and
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trolled by tradition , you may take a few sea- and the name of the woman to whom it is enforcing your meaning They are nothing
baths at this season . Get in a sheltered spot ,
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in themselves
to

lent . merely means an end

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Your own name and address is marked in

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where the sun falls ; take a dip , and out again . Nature never intended that thoughts should
After a brisk rubbing with a towel , you will indelible ink , to insure its return at the end of be expressed in only one way Besides the
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feel as bright as a diamond , and be the color six weeks , when it is ready for the next voice we have been given faces eyes arms
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of pink coral . If you do it cleverly , it is a patient you hear of. Now to its contents : hands fingers and feet all movable and all
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safe-guard against colds . went in all one Four white cotton night-gowns or slips for the capable of aiding in the proper expression of
winter , and have sat on a snowdrift on the baby , neatly made ; two white flannel skirts or
be

our thought But they must used intelli-

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beach , putting on my stockings , while the barrow coats , with narrow bands and button- gently The actor may sometimes by slow
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holes ; two white cotton waists , high neck and

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waters froze in flakes over my skin ; and nod make thousand hearts almost forget to
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nothing but good came of it . But I would sleeveless , to which the skirts are buttoned ; beat when stronger gestures would accomplish
not advise this for everybody . You must one dozen good -sized cotton diapers , previously nothing Shakespeare expressed all when
The
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know your own constitution , and let your washed , hemmed and marked Dorcas ; one he said suit the action to the word Study
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action be guided by what it can bear . yard of flannel , for bands ; one square of same , gestures with the one idea of most directly ex-

EVERETT
Before November is gone winter appears in blue or white , bound neatly for a shawl ; one pressing your thought and let the effect take
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earnest ; but it is surprising how little one calico wrapper ,made double ; one powder bag of care of itself performance which has too
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minds the cold , if one does not run away flannel , filled with corn -starch or rice powder ; few gestures affects your audience like page
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PIANO
from it. spent one of the coldest of our one pincushion with one dozen small and one print with all the commas left out and too
of

recent winters in a summer cottage on a small dozen large safety - pins . A night -gown or two many may have something of the effect of
a

peninsula , exposed to all the winds that may be added for the mother ; and last , but not page with every other sentence you
Unexcelled in Power and
in

italics
;

blew . The walls were without lathe or least , a goodly roll of rags , cotton or old can avoid both faults by always thinking first
plaster , and light came through the chinks of linen , which will be a boon to the sick way Singing Quality of Tone
of

meaning
of

the then the best

to

ex-
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the clapboards . Snow sifted through , also , woman . The pins , flannel bands and rags , press it As to outward details very few are If not for sale by your
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and lay in little windrows on the floor for days she may be allowed to keep , but everything essential for the beginner One should stand local dealer address
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together , in spite of all the stove could do . else must be washed and ironed and returned easily with the shoulders thrown back and The JOHN CHURCH CO CINCINNATI O.
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When the stove has been red -hot in the centre at the end of six weeks . Of course there may one foot slightly advanced You will have no Allegro beautifully illus
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to

From Andante
of the principal room , the thermometer has be a case of prolonged illness or death , in using your arms gracefully you
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if

trouble trated pamphlet will be mailed anyone who will

will keep
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been down to 20° on the window -sill . Water which a prompt return of the bag would be mind that the whole arm should
in

mention where this advertisement was seen and

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froze every night in the bedroom pitchers , and impossible ; but , as every one knows , there are be used and not the forearm only let the enclosetwo centsin stamps
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sometimes the pitchers cracked and fell away , exceptions to everything in life . Have the movement seem to commence at the shoulder Husband brother or sweetheartwho
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leaving a solid lump of ice rolling around in little garments of good material , buttons To know what action really you should likes horses A ten dollar present
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is

will not pleasethem more than copy

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the bowl . The northwest wind blew right sewed on firmly and everthing
a

as nice as study from life Watch the people around

asit

HAVE YOU
of

the Xmas Horseman The holl-

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through the sitting -room , and made the lamp possible . The number of articles in the bag I you they unconsciously
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use their hands day number of The Horseman

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flicker on the centre -table . For three months have mentioned is the least one could supply while speaking some of the awkward ones will be thing of beauty and joy to
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if
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equine topics Pro-

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the all interested

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or more the temperature inside the house never with decency , and more may be added will always gesture awkwardly but you will fuse illustrations and able articles
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got above 60° , and was generally among the purse and time of the lender will permit . soon learn to discard the bad and to note make up number worth many
a

forties and fifties . You might think it was Several young ladies of means and leisure what worth remembering The movements times its cost. Sent to any address
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is

for
an
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enough to kill an initiated family, but, on the FATHER just

,in

time Xmas remem-

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have made beautiful bags , containing every of child are generally less constrained than brance for twenty five cents. Order
a

contrary , nobody had so much as a cold in comfort a mother could wish , priding them- those of an older person Henry Irving de- now THE HORSEMAN 323Dear-
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born street Chicago, Ill

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the head ; and how sound we slept , and how selves on their sewing clares that for freedom and grace of move-
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much we ate ! We Americans keep our houses The originator of this charitable idea
, if ment he has found no models so valuable as How to cure RHEUMATISM
much too warm in winter , and hardly venti- her name were only known , would receive young children However good pictures may
FREE and kindred complaints Address
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ABBOTT BROS 290South Frank-

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late them at all . It is quite irrational . The many a blessing in the humble home also be made great help artists are close lin street Chicago
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apt

higher our furnace expenses are , the more it generous thought has made so happy and
toof

are

Patterns Catalogne free. E.

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students anatomy and

be
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costs us for doctors . comfortable . safe RUGS

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guides Turkish
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action Tremont Row Boston Mass.

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